The most important thread you will ever read. Pressing questions for the ages...
#16
Addict
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
I thought would be bigger😁 Thanks for the pic I’ve never seen one.
Last edited by Chaos; 01-19-2024 at 09:11 PM.
#17
Wow! That’s a super awkward location in the rear hatch. Can say I really like the look of the “armrest” in the rear seating area too. I’m torn between leave it be (because it’s “factory installed”) and blow it out. I’m leaning toward the latter! Thanks for sharing these pics.
#20
I've got a very loaded 2012 TurboS and one of the options is the built-in refrigerator.
Pros: It's a GREAT party trick. The kids get a kick out of it. It makes the poors aware of how inadequate their non-food-safe vehicular doggie-bag storage solutions are.
Cons: It's DUCKING HUGE and takes up like all of the trunk space. A massive hatchback luxo-barge of this size should fit at least 4dead hookers, golf bags, rifle cases - I can only fit one. My two light-packing kids and I can road-trip in it for weeks, but if we bring my wife? fuhgeddaboudit.
So the question of the century:
DO I REMOVE IT?
Please weight in on this most pressing issue of our time.
I am paralyzed with fear and indecision and need the internet to tell me what to do.
Pros: It's a GREAT party trick. The kids get a kick out of it. It makes the poors aware of how inadequate their non-food-safe vehicular doggie-bag storage solutions are.
Cons: It's DUCKING HUGE and takes up like all of the trunk space. A massive hatchback luxo-barge of this size should fit at least 4
So the question of the century:
DO I REMOVE IT?
Please weight in on this most pressing issue of our time.
I am paralyzed with fear and indecision and need the internet to tell me what to do.
I also found one with a fridge and i was considering to buy it and i'm glad i did not. I'm already suffering from lack of boot space without it, would hate to see what you can / can't fit inside without putting the seats down. Which is another issue in itself, of course, the rear mid seat cannot move due to the center console.
I have the long wheel base version, don't know if that reduces the boot space comapred to orignal body ? I cannot really fit golf clubs in properly, the woods and driver need to go inside the car.
1 Large Suitcase is all i can fit, before the hatchback restricts the items that can fill the final section of space. An 80x37x41 case fits sideways, but the corner edge is very close to the parcel shelf.
Are you enjoying the fridge, though ?
#21
That's What She Said! (buh-dum-tss)
I think the wide angle lens of the cell phone makes things in the front of the image (bumper, rear of trunk) look a little larger than things in the rear (cool box). It certainly looks smaller in the pic than in real life.
That is the option known to Porsche as "Large center console in Rear Compartment, $2300".
Or as I refer to it, "The reason my kids can't both get out the same side of the car when we do things like school drop-off line".
In another tangent, there was a cool Porsche cell phone (+ pivoting charging dock) in there. The phone still held charge and turned on. I removed the phone and dock for space (I kept it and it can go back in easily).
You put your own SIM into the phone, and it would make calls through the PCM. There is (was) also one in the front center console. I don't think this option was uncommon so I'm guessing plenty of people have seen the phones.
I think LWB only adds length between B and C pillar (rear occupant leg room only in other words).
.
I think the wide angle lens of the cell phone makes things in the front of the image (bumper, rear of trunk) look a little larger than things in the rear (cool box). It certainly looks smaller in the pic than in real life.
Wow! That’s a super awkward location in the rear hatch. Can say I really like the look of the “armrest” in the rear seating area too. I’m torn between leave it be (because it’s “factory installed”) and blow it out. I’m leaning toward the latter! Thanks for sharing these pics.
Or as I refer to it, "The reason my kids can't both get out the same side of the car when we do things like school drop-off line".
In another tangent, there was a cool Porsche cell phone (+ pivoting charging dock) in there. The phone still held charge and turned on. I removed the phone and dock for space (I kept it and it can go back in easily).
You put your own SIM into the phone, and it would make calls through the PCM. There is (was) also one in the front center console. I don't think this option was uncommon so I'm guessing plenty of people have seen the phones.
.
#22
That's What She Said! (buh-dum-tss)
I think the wide angle lens of the cell phone makes things in the front of the image (bumper, rear of trunk) look a little larger than things in the rear (cool box). It certainly looks smaller in the pic than in real life.
That is the option known to Porsche as "Large center console in Rear Compartment, $2300".
Or as I refer to it, "The reason my kids can't both get out the same side of the car when we do things like school drop-off line".
In another tangent, there was a cool Porsche cell phone (+ pivoting charging dock) in there. The phone still held charge and turned on. I removed the phone and dock for space (I kept it and it can go back in easily).
You put your own SIM into the phone, and it would make calls through the PCM. There is (was) also one in the front center console. I don't think this option was uncommon so I'm guessing plenty of people have seen the phones.
I think LWB only adds length between B and C pillar (rear occupant leg room only in other words).
.
I think the wide angle lens of the cell phone makes things in the front of the image (bumper, rear of trunk) look a little larger than things in the rear (cool box). It certainly looks smaller in the pic than in real life.
That is the option known to Porsche as "Large center console in Rear Compartment, $2300".
Or as I refer to it, "The reason my kids can't both get out the same side of the car when we do things like school drop-off line".
In another tangent, there was a cool Porsche cell phone (+ pivoting charging dock) in there. The phone still held charge and turned on. I removed the phone and dock for space (I kept it and it can go back in easily).
You put your own SIM into the phone, and it would make calls through the PCM. There is (was) also one in the front center console. I don't think this option was uncommon so I'm guessing plenty of people have seen the phones.
I think LWB only adds length between B and C pillar (rear occupant leg room only in other words).
.
#23
It's been a couple years since I did it, so my memory is rough - I'll take a look at it tonight and see if that helps refresh my memory.
As I recall, it was very straighforward, you just need to have some stubby tools/driver bits because you're working mostly inside the console. I think I took off the console lid, removed the fasteners for the dock, and then maybe l had to also go fishing for the wiring connector through the hole where the dock was mounted. But I do remember that other than perhaps the console lid, that there was little to no disassembly required.
As I recall, it was very straighforward, you just need to have some stubby tools/driver bits because you're working mostly inside the console. I think I took off the console lid, removed the fasteners for the dock, and then maybe l had to also go fishing for the wiring connector through the hole where the dock was mounted. But I do remember that other than perhaps the console lid, that there was little to no disassembly required.
#24
for 85% of the time, i never have 4 passengers, so the center console is quite nice. if you sit in the back, it think it adds a nice feeling and level of quality and comfort, rather than a 3rd cramped seat.
The cup holder also holds an air freshner perfectly
I've recently removed the parcel shelf, it helps when closing the boot and the curtain thing does a decent job to ditract from the big open space.